If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
TERESA OF AVILADon’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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